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Euro 2012: part 1
| June 9, 2012 | Posted by Joe Slater under sport |
The casual football fan could be forgiven for simply not realising that the second biggest international football tournament on the planet has just begun. Of course, there is a multitude of reasons this, the main one being that all the three-lions-filled patriotic nonsense has been exhausted celebrating the Queen’s diamond jubilee. It was unusual, but also slightly refreshing, to look at the back pages of a newspaper, just a few days before the start of an international tournament, and not see a plastering of hopeful ambitions and improbable expectations. But while England’s dreams seem unnaturally subdued, that’s not to say this tournament isn’t set to be an absolute belter. Seven of the top ten sides in the FIFA world rankings are set to appear in Poland… more
